Species Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791)
Boring Horse Mussel
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Mytilus cinnamomeus Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3352].
- Modiola arcuata Dufo, M.H. 1840. Observations sur les Mollusques marins, terrestres et fluviatiles des iles Séchelles et des Amirantes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 14, Zoologie: 45–80 (extrait), 166–221(suite) [218] [non Lamarck, 1807].
- Modiola cinnamonea Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [114-115].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Mauritius. - Modiola silicula Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [115].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Australia. - Lithodomus projectans Tate, R. 1892. Descriptions of some new species of marine Mollusca from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 125-132 [130, pl. 1, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14615, Port Darwin. - Botula laysana Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [60, pl. 12, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype 335614, "Albatross" stn 3936 near Laysan Island, Hawaiian Islands, 79-130 fathoms. - Botulopa silicula infra Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [p.414, 415-416, pl.6, f.26] [diagnosis missing, name unavailable].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60400, Great Barrier Reef, Low Islands, Queensland, Australia [16°22‘58.8‘S, 145°34‘1.2‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Lithophaga cinnamomea (Lamarck, 1819). —
Hedley, C. 1906. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31(3): 453-479, pls 36-37 [464] - Botula cinnamomea (Gmelin, 1791).
- Modiolus cinnamomea sic (Lamarck, 1819). —
Wilson, B.R. & R. Tait 1984. Systematics, anatomy and boring mechanism of the rock-boring mytilid bivalve Botula. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 113-125 [116] - Lithodomus cinnamonea (Lamarck, 1819). —
Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen 1906. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea... with descriptions of species. II. Pelecypoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 783-848 [802] - Botula cinnamonea (Lamarck, 1819).
- Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819). —
Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [167]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth: subtidal, continental shelf, 10-200m (Hawaiian Islands); habit: boring, infaunal, boring scleractinian corals; habitat: rocks, rock borers (Hawaiian Islands).
General References
Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [415-416] (as Modiola silicula Lamarck, 1819)
Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [209] (distribution, ecology, synonymy; as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))
Kleemann, K. 2007. Catalogue and bibliography of Recent and fossil Botula (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Zootaxa 1508: 1-48 [20, pl. 1, fig. 2] (synonymy, discussion; as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819) and Botula cinnamonea (Lamarck, 1819))
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [88, fig. 195] (as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))
Lee, S.Y. & Morton, B. 1983. Hong Kong Mytilidae. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China 1983: 49-76 [60] (distribution, ecology; as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))
Wilson, B.R. & R. Tait 1984. Systematics, anatomy and boring mechanism of the rock-boring mytilid bivalve Botula. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 113-125 (as Botula cinnamonea (Lamarck, 1819))
Zhenrui, W. & Zhongyan, Q. 1984. Study on Chinese species of the family Mytilidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Studia Marina Sinica 22: 198-242 [231] (synonymy, distribution;as Botula silicula (Lamarck, 1819))
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [293] (For Botulopa silicula infra) (Boring Horse Mussel)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 22-Sep-2010 | 22-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 27-May-2013 | 07-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |